Stories for Children

Shankar who was studying in the sixth standard and his younger sister Sarada who was studying in the fourth standard were always quarreling. Their parents kept advising them to stop quarreling and to learn to be amicable. But the siblings wouldn't stop quarreling. One day, their father told them, "I am going to give you an interesting assignment. It will be challenging but will also be exciting. Are you willing to take it up?" "Yes, daddy!" said both in unison. "Okay. You both have to write a long story together!" said their father. "How can we write a story together?" asked Shankar. "We have read stories. But we don't know how to write one!" said Sarada. "That's why I said it would be a challenging assignment. Writing a story is not easy. You have to think, get ideas and put them in writing. That is the challenge." "But you also said it would be exciting!" said Shankar. "Writing a story is creating ...

Ganesh and Dinesh  were studying fifth standard in the same school. They became friends. One day, Dinesh asked Ganesh, “Why don’t you come to my house this weekend? We can spend some time happily playing and doing things.” Ganesh replied, “Yes. I like this idea. But I don’t know where your house is. So, how can I come?” Dinesh said, “Ask your father to drop me at my house. He can pick you up after some time.” “But my father does not know where your house is!" “Your father can call my father over phone and and ask him to give the address.” “But my father doesn’t know the phone number of your father. How can he call him?” asked  Ganesh. Dinesh thought for a moment and then said, “I also don’t know my father’s phone number. Today is Thursday. When I go home in the evening, I will ask my father to write the phone number on a piece of paper and bring it tomorrow, Friday. You can give it to your father. Your father can call up my father, get our address and bring ...